From the Steering Committee [Guest Editorial

A Tribute to Our Centenarian Yuan-Cheng Fung: Father of Modern Biomechanics.

In these supplements to BMC Bioinformatics and BMC Genomics, we include a selection of research originally presented at the 9th annual International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research Applications (ISBRA 2013). ISBRA 2013 was held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC, USA) on May 20-22, 2013. For 9 years, the ISBRA symposium has been a forum for exchange of diverse ideas and research results broadly organized under the umbrella disciplines of bioinformatics and computational biology. The five keynote addresses at ISBRA 2013 included talks on RNA structure (Dr. Steve Harvey), computational behavioral ecology (Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf), peptide identification from mass spectrometry (Dr. Bin Ma), gene regulation (Dr. Martha Bulyk), and biological network analysis (Dr. Luonan Chen). The research presented by conference participants was equally diverse. Reflecting current trends in the field, a substantial number of presentations were focused on genomics research, so we have chosen to present two linked supplements in BMC Bioinformatics, and one in BMC Genomics. ISBRA 2013 was attended by 115 participants from the US, Canada, China, southeast Asia, and several European nations. Participants submitted 104 papers and 58 short abstracts. 25 papers were selected to appear in volume 7875 of Springer Verlag's Lecture Notes in the Bioinformatics [1] series, and four of these were revised and published as full length papers in a special supplement to the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics [2]. 21 authors of short abstracts were invited to present short talks at the conference, and subsequently to expand on their work and submit full-length papers for these BMC Supplements. These submissions were subject to a rigorous peer review process and nine manuscripts have been selected for publication. We thank the Program Committee members and Supplement external reviewers for volunteering their time to review and discuss symposium papers. We thank the Steering Committee and Chairs of the ISBRA 2013 conference for their hard work in making ISBRA 2013 a successful event. We also thank the students and staff of the UNC Charlotte Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics for providing logistical support and volunteer labor before and during the conference. We thank the Editors-in-Chief of BMC Bioinformatics and BMC Genomics for providing us with the opportunity to showcase some of the research presented at ISBRA 2013. We thank the National Science Foundation and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for their sponsorship of the conference, along with corporate sponsors CLC Genomics, Inc. and Accelerated Technology Laboratories. Last but not the least, we would like to thank all the ISBRA 2013 authors. The symposium could not continue to thrive without their high quality contributions.

Louis Tobian’s successful crusade to persuade the American Heart Association (AHA) to establish a journal covering the field of hypertension was a herculean accomplishment, but I like to think that John Shepherd and I played significantly positive roles in the final decision. In November 1975, I became President-elect of the AHA and so was very soon in the middle of the great debate concerning the request of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research for a new AHA sponsored journal focusing on hypertension. As it so happened, John Shepherd was President which meant two supporters in the ruling hierarchy of the AHA; I believe that helped. I cannot remember who of the then-current movers and shakers of the AHA’s Publications and Steering Committees were against AHA publishing another journal, but there were several. Lou Tobian had a big job of persuading the recalcitrant, but he finally prevailed. The Steering Committee approved the request in late 1977, and the Board approved establishment of this journal in early 1978. This approval did not come with carte blanche but had several stipulations: “the journal must be of high quality, provide critical peer review of submitted articles, publish results of both laboratory and clinical investigations, be international, become self-supporting and submit to a progress …

The International Conference on Electronics, Engineering Physics and Earth Science (EEPES’2022) was held in hybrid mode in Sts. Constantine and Helena Resort, Varna, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 June, 2022. The EEPES’2022 was organized by the Association on Communication, Information, Electronic and Energy System. Academic partners of the conference are renowned scientists from the International Hellenic University (Department of Physics) and University of Ruse (Department of Telecommunications and Department of Electrical Power Engineering), backed by a strong international scientific committee and a specialized pool of reviewers.The goal of the EEPES’2022 conference is to provide an international forum for researchers, academics, people in industry, and students to address recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences on all theoretical and practical issues arising in all areas of physics and allied technology, such as Engineering Physics, Computer Science, Electronics, Earth Science, Mathematics and Green Technologies, etc.The technical program of the conference consists of one plenary session, one special session, and six tracks for research papers. The authors of the accepted papers, who are unable to attend the conference in person, were given an option to present their papers online and attend an interactive virtual conference. Online presentations were held in a virtual room environment via Zoom Meeting platform for the opening ceremony, all conference sessions, and meetings. All online authors prepared a video presentation of up to 12 minutes that was played on stream with authors participating in a live discussion during the session. Presentations were made in real-time video conferencing. A separate virtual room was defined for each session.List of General Conference Chairs, Technical Programmme Chair, Steering Committee Chair, Review Committee Chair, Guest Editor, Steering Committee, Organizing Committee, International Scientific Committee, Reviewers are availabe in this pdf.

One-Year Major Cardiovascular Events After Restrictive Versus Liberal Blood Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia: The REALITY Randomized Trial.

Strangely, the working title of this article was actually “Frankenstein,” which paid tribute to the frustrating and magical process of group authorship. When the steering committee of the Progressive Education in the Twenty-first Century symposium met after the end of the symposium to discuss writing about it, we made a thorough plan for several different articles that we hoped would reflect the most important facets of the experience. But life intervened and made it harder than expected to bring the article about the symposium’s design to fruition. In true collaborative spirit, we doled out sections to different people to spread out the work and responsibility. The initial result was desperately christened “Frankenstein,” and, as Andy Kaplan said at the time, “I hope it is more like the scientist and less like the monster.” Our hope is that we have stitched it up with few scars showing, but one seam we have to expose is the problematic use of the first-person voice. Because this article has multiple authors, the “I’s” do not always represent the same individual, but we were reluctant to excise this more personal touch, or interrupt the flow of the narrative with an explanation. So for clarity, the “I” in the opening section is Kelly Goula, symposium steering committee member and educational consultant. She is later referred to in the third-person voice in the section titled “Choice.” The subsequent “I’s” represent Robin Lasersohn, The School in Rose Valley’s partnership learning coordinator, symposium archivist, and guest editor of this issue of Schools. “We” always represents the steering committee: Lauren de Moll, Julie Flower, Kelly Goula, Dana Marcus, Carlye Nelson-Major, and Karla Read. We thank the reader for understanding this unconventional narrative approach.

Guest editorial

Guest Editorial: Non‐Destructive Testing

This Special Section in this issue of the ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is dedicated to selected papers from the 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-26) held in London, United Kingdom, during July 22–26, 2018. The selected ICONE-26 papers were revised and reviewed to meet the journal standards and requirements.The ICONE conference is a premier global annual conference on nuclear engineering, science, and technology that has a quarter century history and is organized by the Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) of the ASME, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), and the Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS). The first conference, ICONE-1, was held in 1991 in Tokyo with the JSME and ASME as sponsors. In 2005, the Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS) formally joined as the third sponsor and hosted ICONE-13 in Beijing. The ICONE-series of conferences are global significant events of choice for nuclear professionals to stay technically current, follow industry trends, promote professional development, and provide a platform for information exchange and dissemination. The contributions from industry, government, and academia lead to the success of ICONE as the quality and number of the technical presentations steadily increased. In addition to the archival paper publications, ICONE assists the nuclear industry in developing future generations of nuclear professionals to meet industry needs. This is achieved through an excellent student paper competition program that includes a significant number of students from around the globe, supported and partially funded by the conference sponsors (60 finalists in total consisting of 15 students from each of the following four regions: North America, Europe, China, and Japan with Asia at large).Based on the turnout and the comments received from many of the nearly 900 registered participants, the 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-26), held in London, UK, was a great success. In total, 57% of the participants were from academia, 29% from the industry, and 11% from government. Geographically, the largest part of participants came from China (45%), European Union (20%, including 7% from UK), Japan (16%), USA and Canada (11%), and South Korea (6%). More than 670 final technical papers and 760 presentations were made during the ICONE-26 conference from countries worldwide in a total of 15 technical tracks. These statistics show emphatically that ICONE presents a truly worldwide view on Nuclear Power, and there is no better venue to express viewpoints or share information with likeminded professionals.The ICONE-26 organizers invited the authors to submit their revised and augmented papers for journal publication consideration. The selected final papers presented in this special section cover a wide area of topics in nuclear science and technology. Reflecting the state of the nuclear industry, there are several papers dealing with analysis, simulation, management, experiments, context evaluation, and consequences of postulated design basis and severe accidents. This special issue also contains papers related to research and development challenges into advanced reactors, fusion technology, decontamination and decommissioning, radiation protection, and other related topics.The guest editors want to warmly thank the authors and reviewers for their efforts and support in producing this journal issue. During the editorial process, the papers went through the rigorous peer-review process. The ICONE-based special issue or section of the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science is now already traditional and we hope to continue the journal publication of selected augmented papers from the future ICONE conferences. The guest editors would like to extend their thanks to the editorial board of the journal and, in particular, the editor, Dr. Igor Pioro, for their support during the preparation of this special section. Finally, we hope that the readers enjoy this special ICONE-26 based section.Guoqiang Wang, Ph.D. ICONE-26 Conference Chair Fellow ASME Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 e-mail: WangG@Westinghouse.comShripad Revankar, Ph.D. ICONE-26 Technical Program Chair Fellow ASME School of Nuclear Engineering,Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN 47907e-mail: shripad@purdue.eduLeon Cizelj, Ph.D. ICONE-26 Conference Co-Chair Fellow ASME Reactor Engineering Division, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia e-mail: Leon.Cizelj@ijs.siRobert Stakenborghs ICONE-26 Steering Committee Chair Fellow ASME ILD, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA 70808 e-mail: bob@ildpower.comJovica Riznic, Ph.D. ICONE-26 Organizing Committee Co-Chair Fellow ASME Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottava, ON K1P 59S, Canada e-mail: jovica.riznic@canada.ca

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Special Section on Long-Term CareFull AccessMental Health Services in Nursing Homes: Introduction to Special SectionMarion Zucker Goldstein, M.D.Marion Zucker GoldsteinSearch for more papers by this author, M.D.Published Online:1 Nov 2002https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.11.1389AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail A multidisciplinary consensus conference on providing optimal mental health services in long-term care was held June 22 to 24, 2000, in Washington, D.C. The conference, on which this special section is based, was conceived and implemented by a steering committee whose members represented the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Society for Consultant Pharmacists, the American Psychological Association, the American Geriatrics Society, the American College of Health Care Administrators, and the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration.Barriers to research and to the implementation of findings that would improve the quality of life of the increasing number of nursing home patients and their families remain most difficult to penetrate (1). Despite these barriers, considerable advances have been made in our knowledge of the assessment, incidence, and prevalence of psychiatric disorders and the inordinate unmet need for mental health services in nursing homes.To overcome barriers to high-quality mental health services in nursing homes, insight into the systems in which they occur is vital (2). An understanding of governmental agencies, oversights, and payment policies as well as clarification of the role and competencies of primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, nurses, and administrators is essential. The authors of the five articles in this special section address these issues.Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., and his coauthors (see page 1390) reviewed the literature on the effectiveness of optimal models of service delivery in nursing homes and on provider surveys. Although they advocate more rigorous outcome studies on the optimal intensity of services, composition of interdisciplinary teams, competencies, and cost-effectiveness, their review confirms that most effective interventions blend consultation with the training and education of primary care physicians and frontline nursing staff.In the second article, Cameron J. Camp, Ph.D., and his colleagues (see page 1397) define the various subtypes of inappropriate behaviors observed among persons with dementia and the unmet needs reflected by such behaviors. This well-referenced analysis of individualized needs assessments is interspersed with an equally well-supported rationale for interventions that are proven to be effective. The authors confirm that much education is necessary to bring the advances made by research into the practice arena and highlight the need for future research.Next, Marisue Cody, Ph.D., R.N., and her colleagues (see page 1402) address barriers that arise from nursing home organization and structure and that are compounded by external barriers from regulatory agencies and legal and economic constraints. The authors give specific recommendations related to communications and environmental adaptations that can overcome internal barriers. The need to overhaul staffing patterns, education, and reimbursements is an ongoing outcry of all who wish to improve conditions in nursing homes. The authors also discuss their recommendation that nursing homes adopt a risk management approach similar to that used by hospitals.In the fourth article J. Michael Ryan, M.D., and his colleagues—a fellow psychiatrist and two pharmacists—address the use of psychotropic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, and cholinesterase-inhibiting medications from both a historical and a regulatory perspective (see page 1407). They bring readers up-to-date on the outcomes of several randomized, placebo-controlled studies that provide an evidence base for various prescribing decisions. Whether and how this research proceeds will depend on federal, state, and local governments and on the pharmaceutical industry. The lack of interface between pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments is apparent and regrettable.Finally, Joel E. Streim M.D., and his coauthors discuss regulatory oversight, payment policy, and quality improvement in the provision of mental health services in nursing homes (see page 1414). The many acronyms that have been generated by government agencies over the past 15 years are clearly explained within their evolving contexts. The authors clarify the roles of the psychiatrist, the psychologist, and the social worker in budgetary processes, including denial of medically necessary medical mental health services. They explain concisely how assessment, quality measures, and payment policy must be coordinated so that nursing home patients can have access to medical mental health services when "medically necessary." They point out that mental health providers must be offered appropriate financial incentives to work in nursing homes.Dr. Goldstein, guest editor of this special section, is associate professor of psychiatry in the division of geriatric psychiatry at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Send correspondence to her at the Erie County Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, New York 14215 (e-mail, [email protected]).

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CSW’2022 continued the tradition of bringing together the compound semiconductor community to discuss the most recent advances in the field. After the successful meetings in Stockholm, Sweden in 2021 (held virtually due to Covid-19), Nara, Japan (2019), and Boston, USA in 2018, CSW came back to the US, to the beautiful college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a perfect setting to reunite the semiconductor community. As in previous years, CSW combined both the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS, now in its 48t year) and International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM, in its 33rd year) conferences into a single integrated event. ISCS, established in 1966, is the preeminent international conference in the field of III–V, II–VI, and IV–IV semiconductors, whereas IPRM is, since 1989, a major worldwide conference on indium phosphide and related materials, from physics to applications. CSW’2022 was successfully organized during June 1–3, 2022, presenting 4 plenary talks, 2 tutorials, 37 invited talks, 94 contributed talks and 107 posters among an audience spread over Europe, Asia, and North America. In order that these contributions may meet even a wider audience, Wiley offered the authors an opportunity to publish their papers in physica status solidi (a). This resulted in this special issue of physica status solidi (a) containing 12 papers related to applications and materials science of compound semiconductors. The conference abundantly covered topics from “Materials Characterization” and “Device technologies”, to “Physics of Emerging Devices”, allowing the community to engage in fruitful discussions. This year CSW launched a special event to welcome “New Faces” in compound semiconductors and continued the tradition of rump sessions. Overall, we had about 252 registrants, their participation showing a healthy sign of return to in-person events! We gratefully acknowledge the substantial support received from individuals and organizations that helped us to make CSW’2022 a successful event: the technical program committee for efficiently evaluating all the submitted abstracts; the IEEE Electron Devices Society, IEEE conference management team, and all our industrial sponsors and exhibitors for their financial support; the local organizing committee as well as the ISCS and IPRM steering committees for practical support and guidance. Thanks to Ann Stals (University of Michigan) for all her help in the event management. Finally, our special appreciation goes to Drs. Stefan Hildebrandt and Marc Zastrow, and their team at Wiley for bringing out this special issue. Guest Editors: Grace Xing, Zetian Mi, and Srabanti Chowdhury

In 2013, TSC expanded in a number of dimensions, including scope, editorial board, and contributing communities. First, TSC expanded its scope by introducing the new taxonomy of services computing (http://www.computer.org/ portal/web/tsc/taxonomy). This new taxonomy broadens the scope of TSC from the foundations of services computing to cover cloud computing services, big data technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), social computing, and business management. This new taxonomy refl ects the continued advancements of services computing from both services science and services engineering perspectives. Second, TSC has expanded its editorial board to 43 associate editors in response to the broadening scope of TSC and the growing community of researchers and practitioners as authors and readers. More importantly, the TSC community continues to expand and attract both technical professionals and business management professionals. In recognition of its important role, TSC has been indexed by major indexing systems, such as Thomson Reuters (ISI), EI Compendex, and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-e). TSC welcomes 2014 with a number of new projects on the way. We are introducing survey papers as a featured section in TSC regular issues, in addition to special topic sections where guest editors are invited to solicit submissions on hot and emerging topics of special interests. We are planning to work with the steering committees of the IEEE International Conference on Web Services and the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing to create TSC special sessions. Authors of TSC accepted papers are offered an opt-in opportunity to present their work at one of these two conferences. The EiC is working closely with the TSC advisory board to explore new dimensions to attract higher readership and authorship from the business and management community. Finally, The EiC will continue to work with the TSC editorial board through multiple threads to maintain the average review cycle of three months and the average queuing time of less than one year for accepted papers to appear. One new thread of such effort is to continue TSC's participation in the newly introduced Reviewer Appreciation Program by the IEEE Computer Society.

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Editorial (IRaP 2016 Proceedings)